Module Descriptors
MOTION CAPTURE DATA HANDLING
GAME60099
Key Facts
Faculty of Arts and Creative Technologies
Level 6
15 credits
Contact
Leader: David Edwards
Email: D.J.Edwards@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 36
Independent Study Hours: 114
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
- COURSEWORK weighted at 100%
Module Details
Module Learning Strategies
3 hours per week lectures / tutorials. The tutorials will focus on problem based learning addressing topics from the lectures (1:40)3
Module Indicative Content
Students will learn how motion capture is handled. This will include:-
- The cleaning of captured data
- The associated problems with different types of data
- Data manipulation
- Combining different types of data
- Data bases for motion capture data
- The cleaning of captured data
- The associated problems with different types of data
- Data manipulation
- Combining different types of data
- Data bases for motion capture data
Module Additional Assessment Details
100% Coursework
Written assignment (2000-2500 words) 50% assessing Learning Outcomes 1 and 2
Practical piece of work 50% assessing Learning Outcome 3
Written assignment (2000-2500 words) 50% assessing Learning Outcomes 1 and 2
Practical piece of work 50% assessing Learning Outcome 3
Module Texts
The Animator's Motion Capture: Organising, Managing and Editing, Matt Liverman, (2004), Charles River Media, ISBN: 1584502916
Understanding Motion Capture for Computer Animation and Video Games, Albert Menache, (1999), Morgan Kaufmann, ISBN: 0124906303
Understanding Motion Capture for Computer Animation and Video Games, Albert Menache, (1999), Morgan Kaufmann, ISBN: 0124906303
Module Special Admissions Requirements
CE00466-1 Motion Capture or CE00545-2 Optical Motion Capture or CE00546-2 3D Body Modelling or CE00547-3 3D Facial Modelling or equivalent.
Module Resources
Autodesk Motion Builder 7 software